Intel Core Ultra 7 265H vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265H with 16-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 260 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 260 and 265H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2970 vs 2488 points
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.7 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 260
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (120th and 184th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15407
12763
File compression 1310 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 122.7 Klines/sec 104 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 405.7 pages/sec 248.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 467.8 Mpixels/sec 368.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 325.4 pages/sec 263.9 pages/sec
Background blur 66.5 images/sec 61.8 images/sec
Photo processing 150.8 images/sec 105.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.4 Mpixels/sec 23.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
34000
28032
Integer math 85.4 GOps/sec 96.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 108.9 GOps/sec 59.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 335M Primes/sec 76M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.7M Strings/sec 42.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.4 MBytes/sec 351 MBytes/sec
Physics 2493 Frames/sec 1213 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.8B Matrices/sec 26.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1114 & 1034 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
236.28
206.52

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 41.1 PPW 16.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 550.3 PPW 236.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1214.3 PPW 519.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.44 PPW 3.82 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 260
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-06 -> Ard57Cinebench 2026510 / 3450
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-08 (johndoe)Geekbench 6 CPU2649 / 12830

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265H and AMD Ryzen 7 260

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 265H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 260 -
Intel CPU rating (#42nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#58th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (52nd and 90th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2300 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 8 12
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.7 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265H official page AMD Ryzen 7 260 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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